The Delhi Courts on Friday got into the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with their first ‘Pilot Hybrid Court’ equipped with a ‘Speech to Text Facility’, following which AI will now take dictation (record) and type (convert into text) intelligently for judges at the time of recording evidence.
On the one hand, it will save time, and on the other, it will enhance the working capacity of judges and court staff, particularly stenographers. Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Manmohan inaugurated the first AI-equipped pilot hybrid courtroom at Tis Hazari Court on Friday. He also launched a digital court app.
On this occasion, Justice Manmohan said, “Technology must be utilised to enhance the legal system and reduce delays in justice delivery.”
The ‘pilot hybrid court has a speech-to-text facility for evidence recording’ and the digital court application is for judicial officers to access all e-filed cases.
Justice Manmohan emphasised, “We have to use and harness technology to improve the legal system to ensure that the people who are accused of crimes are brought to book, and the delays have to be cut short. The only way to ensure that the system works properly is to ensure that good technology is brought into the system.”
The ACJ termed the speech-to-text facility for evidence recording as a very powerful tool. He said that it has the potential to become a game-changer.
The speech-to-text facility for recording evidence is equipped with advanced technologies like ‘Automatic Speech Recognition’ and ‘Large Language Models’ to efficiently convert spoken words into written text visible on the screen of the system.
The ‘Digital Court Application,’ designed for judicial officers, is a desktop application that includes a range of features, such as a document upload function that ensures all physical documents presented in court are also available in digital form in the Case Information System (CIS).